Seal-press



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. S. VOGHT, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

SEALePRESS.

SFBCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 361,972, dated April 26, 1887.

Application ilcd October 3,1855. Serial No. 178,864. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.:

Beitknown that l, JOHN l?. SJVoGi-ir, acitizen of the United States, residing at the city of Denver, in thecounty of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful improvement in Seal-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in seal-pressesin which the dies are removable and adjustable; and the objects of my :improve-v ments are, iirst, to provide removable and adjustable dies fora sealpress independent of the press itself; second, to afford facilities for the proper adjustment of dies to any scalpress, and, third, to make the use of one press alone necessary in all cases. I attain these objects by the mechanism or parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the press. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the press. Fig. 3 represents a plan and vertical central sectional view of the interchangeable male die. Fig. 4 represents a plan and side View of a ring, preferably of steel. Fig. 5 is a plan and side elevation of the interchangeable female die. Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section on line X X of Fig. l, showing the dies in position.

Similar letters refer to si milar parts throughout the several views.

A is a transverse key-slot in the end of the plunger' of the press for receiving the beveled and wedge shaped key G of the interchangeable female die.

B is a hole `in the lower plate of thepress for receiving the projection D on the bottom of the adjustable male die, and E is a hole in the bottom of the adjustable male die for receiving the' pin G in the lower plate of the press, which combine to hold the male die in its place.

F is a ring, preferably of steel, which moves on the plunger of the press and is pressed down over the key G of the adjustable female die after the die is placed in its position on the plunger', which ring aids in holding the female die in proper position. The slot A is dovetailed and corresponds in shape with key G, and when the parts are in position thering F encircles the plunger at the point of engageu `ment of the key and slot.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhe combination of the plunger having a dovetailed slot, A, with a die having a corre spondinglyshaped key, G, and a ring, F, encircling the plunger' at the point where the key engages with the slot.

JOHN l?. S. VOGHT.

'Witnesses Roer. E. Foofr, Grills. W. REITLER. 

